Trump says US Navy acting ‘like pirates’ to enforce Iran blockade
Key takeaways
- The US president says the ongoing naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is ‘a very profitable business’.
- “We … land on top of it and we took over the ship.
- “We’re like pirates,” he added to cheers from the crowd. “We’re sort of like pirates.
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The US president says the ongoing naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is ‘a very profitable business’.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 1, 2026 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Reuters Published On 2 May 20262 May 2026United States President Donald Trump says the US Navy is acting “like pirates” as he described an operation about seizing a ship amid the blockade of Iranian ports.
“We … land on top of it and we took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business,” Trump said at a rally in Florida on Friday.